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the third album
 
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THE THIRD ALBUM

Possible tracklist

1. Iron Horse (J Christie)
2. One Way Ticket (J Christie)
3. Jo Jo's Band (V Elmes)
4. One For The Road (J Christie)
5. Born To Lose (V Elmes)
6. Nightmare (J Christie)
7. Fool's Gold (J Christie)
8. Witness For The Prosecution (J Christie)
9. Every Now And Then (V Elmes)
10. Tobacco Road (JD Loudermilk)
11. California Sunshine (L Lubin)
12. Mr Big Shot (J Christie)

 

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CHRISTIE were due to release a third album when circumstances forced the band to go through several personnel changes. Lem, Vic and Paul left, while Roger, Terry and Danny joined.
   A number of tracks had already been recorded for the album, such as Jo Jo's Band, eventually released as a single in South America. At the time, Christie were also featuring several new songs as part of their stage repertoire, and it is possible these would have made it onto the album.
   They included the group's well-received cover version of The Nashville Teens' hit Tobacco Road (which incorporated a Paul Fenton drum solo), a bluesy, chugging original Jeff Christie piece called One For The Road (which the band actually previewed on a music video), and another of Jeff's songs, One Way Ticket.
   The songs were recorded at the same time as Fool's Gold was released as a single, so it would have been safe to assume that the song and its flipside, Vic Elmes' Born To Lose, would also have been on the third album (as would have Lem Lubin's California Sunshine, the flipside on German pressings of Fool's Gold). The set could also have included Iron Horse and its flipside Every Now and Then, with the former — because of its hit status — perhaps kicking off the album.
   Danny, Terry, Roger and Jeff also recorded two demos — Witness For The Prosecution and Mr Big Shot — two R&B numbers which would have complemented the album well.
   To round it off, perhaps Jeff's experimental Nightmare might have been included, a song that dated back to the For All Mankind sessions; and maybe Rockin' Suzanna, a song recorded with Vic which later emerged as the flipside to Most Wanted Man In The USA.